Cortona: Beautiful property near Cortona with horse stables and paddocks

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Tuscan farmhouse of 300 square meters with land and stables.

The farmhouse, on two floors and completely renovated, is surrounded by greenery and tranquility, just a few steps from one of the most beautiful lakes in Italy, Lake Trasimeno.
Location: In the municipality of Cortona, halfway between Rome and Florence and on the border between Tuscany and Umbria.
Main access via electric gate with remote control.
Road with little traffic and easy access.

This property has a strong character for horse lovers.
The actual owners have developed it creating stables , paddocks, free fields for horses, as well as horse training.
All horse areas are singularly fenced depending on the activity addressed.
It is a real pleasure to walk around the garden and fields, and admire how much love and care has been put in it.
In particular, a lot of attention towards horse’s health: In strategic parts of the land, some water channeling and filtering works have been carried out so as to always have the lawn perfectly dry and never stagnant.

House layout:
On the ground floor: noble entrance, kitchen, large living room with fireplace, bathroom with Jacuzzi.
Indipendent Room with separate entrance, very bright, currently used as an office.
Wine cellar plus one more technical room.
The frescoes inside the house have been recently restored and some insulation works have been done on the ground floor of the house.
Externally there is an ancient wood-burning oven.
On the second floor there is a second living room also with a fireplace.
From here there is access to a large balcony from which it is possible to admire most of the property.
This living room leads to the 3 bedrooms, one of which with a walk-in closet, and the two large bathrooms.
Double possibility of central heating: high level system with pellet burner as an alternative to
gas boiler. Water purification system.
Inside the enclosure there are three wells , two wells equipped with water pumps.
All the property, except the olive grove, is fenced with electrified wire for animals.
Canopy with original structure in wood beams and brick currently used as a double garage reconfigurable as a veranda or porch.
7 Hectares of land of which: San Giovese vineyard in production of 1.6 hectares. 45 olive trees, a garden kept as a lawn with various decorative plants and rose gardens and a little lake, large land used for self-production of hay.
Some fruit trees have been planted around the farmhouse.
Divided by a wooden fence, in front of the house there is a large fenced land with tall trees including oaks, currently used as a paddock for horses.
In addition there are two other wooden fences, a 12m diameter roundabout sheltered by large cypress trees and a rectangular one used for training with obstacles. In addition to the two outbuildings used as a woodshed and tool shed, the winter barn suitable for 5 horses has been built with box and saddlery, all finished with a wooden beam roof.
The stable has an electrical system, independent lights, hot and cold water, saddlery and a horse washing area.
In front of the pits there is a sand pit 30x40 meters with irrigation system.

The whole property is surrounded by high bushes to create privacy.

The property is located in the surroundings of Cortona.
Cortona is a very well known tuscan town, that became even more famous after the success of the novel "Under the tuscan sun", by Frances Mayes.
In Cortona there is also a detachment of an american University devoted to Fine Arts studies. It is a very active town and its many events attracts tourists from all over the world. More it is very near one of the most beautiful italian lakes: Lake Trasimeno, where you can enjoy boat trips to the islands, as well as all lake acquatic sports and beach relax.